Mechanism for weighing liquids.



W. I. STA`AF.

MEGHANISM POR WEIGHING LIQUIDS.

APPLIGATXOH FILED MAR. 21, 1912. 1,082,614. Patented Dec. 3o, i913.

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MEGHMISM EUR mm1-UNG LIQUIDS.

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To .all whom it may concern Be itknown' that I, WERNER I. STAAF', of -Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Mechai nism for Vseighing Liquids, of whicht the following is a full, clear, and eXa'ct description, reference beinghad to the'accompanying drawings, forming part .of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side View, partlyl bro-ken away, of a device embodying myfinvention; Fig. 2 isan end view of the same', also partly broken away, to shofw tht4 interior; Fig. 3 is a detailview o f the weight and trip device; and Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively end and sectional views showing the locking-means for the adjustable weight' My invention has relation to inea-ns for weighin liquids, "and particularly water; and is a soespecially designed for Weighing li uids Aof 'variable temperatures.

t is well known' that the density and4 weight of vwater and other liquids varies 1- be mde in the details of construction and` further determinations.

with the temperature thereof; and for many purposes, a meter which simply measures the weight or .volume ofwater passing v therethrough, without regard to its temperature, v fives insufficient data upon whiehto base For instance, in testing the eiiiciency of a boiler, in'order to determine the amount of Water evaporated by the boiler 'in a given time, itis necessary to know not only the total weight of water evaporated, but also the temperature of the feed water supplied to the boiler.

My invention provides asimple and efiicient weigh-ing device, in which account may be taken of variations of temperature, and in which thereading will include the'eleot of such variations by-reducing the Weight or volume indicated to a definite standard.

The precise nature of my invention will be best understood. by reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichl -have shown the preferred embodiment thereof, and which lWill now be described, it being premised, however,'that various changes can arrangement of the several arts without departing from the spirit an sco cof my invention as defined. in. the appen ed claims.

' In these drawings, the numeral?J desi Y nates a suitable tank or receptacle, which is preferably closed except for an inlet connection Bat the upper portioxuand an outlet connection 4 at its lower portion.; inlet Patented Dee. so',A 1913.-

59) is controlled by a valve 5 ,and thi's`:v i lve in turn controlled by 'connections .6 operated by a lioat 7 placed in the lower portion' of -the vesselwhich constitutes a water stor-` age space or reservoir.'

The u pper portion o f the 'vessel 'is'x pro# y. vided with a transverse' horizontal. artition" 8, forming an admission chainbei- I: i'vingrabottom discliarge'op'enin 9, whichis located directly overa series-o buckets/10-which are rigidly secured to a shaft 1'1 'extending one of the'end walls of the casing,-land has l rigidly 'securedthereto" a cam-"ratchet wheel 13, which is 'provided with as many teeth or l cams Mas' there are bvuckets 10.

' '15 is a Weighted lever, pivoted at,16,'and' having a pawl portionl l'which rests upon the wheel 13. The freeeid ortion `of the le'ver 15 is formed withii'spiral threadl 18,`

which is engaged by the internalztliread of 4an adjustable weight '19. The threads are graduated s0 that one rotation of theweight will'be -equivalent to.a certainnumber o f pounds," or cubic inches, of water, and the weightitself is graduated, as indicated, so

that partial turns thereof will also beeq'uivalent to fractions of a pound, etc. A point or ndicator'QO-is s ecured t the lever to cooperatev with the graduati n marks" onjthe weighgt to determine means, suchv as that shown in Figs.. 4 andy 5.

The means here shown consists in roviding the 'threaded end 'portionfof the Aever `arm with a lockingor wedgiug vsegment 21,-and' which is' actuated by a screw-22, having the 'i mental threads against the. faces of thev threads in the weight and thereby lock the weight against accidental movement. 24 is a stop 'ment of th'e weightedlever arm. The mechansm just described is preferably -inclosed in an auxliarv casing 25securedto the end :l

wall of the tank or vessel.

26 designates a suitable counter or register of any well known form, and which is 1'10 9o For the purpose of locking the weight in l its adjusted position, I pijpvide" suitable.

which limitsthe downward move-,5'

actuated by having its stem 27 engaged bya tail projection 28 ofthe lever 15.

29 indicates a recording thermometer-of any well-"known-form, having a thernion'iet- 5 ricelement 30 extending downwardly within one end portion of the tank or vessel into the water space thereof.

31 is a gage for indicating the amount of l Water in the bottom of the vessel, and 32, is a drain cock.

33 is' an'ginternal wall behind which the f' buckets are'arranged to discharge, and which affords a certain amount of resistance -to give reactance tothe buckets.

'The operation is as follows: As each {.fjbueket isilled with' a certain volume and weight of water received through the discharge opening 9, the weight otthis water Vovercomes the action of the weighted lever on the wheel 13 and permitsthe shaft 11 to rotate tocause the bucket to discharge..A The 'movement of the lever, effected as each tooth 13 passes the pawl projection 17 of the lever, actuates thel counter 26. If the counter is 7 25 arranged to indicate weight of water, each operatxLQf the lever 15 will add to the inf 'the counter one .unit of weight; .o r, if-"the counter 1s made to indicate volume,

then'eac'h movement 'of the lever will cause 3Q the counter to'show an added unit of volume.

Inasmuch as the temperature of the water received by the buckets may vary considerably, it Ais neCeSSary, in order to take into laccount this temperature of variations in the 35 -readings of the counter, to adjust the weight Vso that the buckets willtrip under a greater or less load, thatis'to say, if the temperature of the water increases, the adjustable Weight will be moved so as to require each 40 bue et to receivea somewhat greater amount of water-before it will trip; and if the tempera-ture decreases the weight will be adjusted in vthe .opposite direction so that the bucket will trip with a somewhat less weight of'water. The adjustment of the weight. is

performed manually, and is controlled by the indications f given by the recording thermomet'er 2Q.' "Inthis way, the counter may be made-' tf'g'lvefreading which takes into .t0 accountlthe-teniprature variations. While each'K-lfnOVE-Itbfthe,counter adds eithera .detinite`-1'1nit of weight or volume to its inn dicatiogyetthe Vactual amount of water may the proper adjustment of the weights, the readings given bythe counter are reduced to some definite standard, such as the' weight of water at its maximum density.

By notin the amount of water in the tank `or receptae e, as indicated by the gage 31 at the'beginning ofthe test, and bytakin the reading of this gage after the test has en be greaterlor less than this unit, but,with' sol completed, an accurate determination can be .I

had of the amount of water which has gone "to the boiler through the outlet 4, as reduced to the proper standard. Where the temperature of the watervaries but little, or accurate determinations of variation are not proper adjustment for the temperature indi-v cated and allowed to remain in such,ad]ust ed position.

necessary, the weight can be given Athe The invention is simplein its construction and method of operation, and can be used for a variety of purposes, where itis desired to get an accurate measurementof li uid. I

l. An apparatus for weighing the-amount of liquid passed therethrough and for simultaneously recordingthe temperature there of, comprising a tank or4 vessel havin .-,a liquid inlet, and'a liquid storage cham er, a liquid Weighingl device intermediate-the.

device actuated by. the saidA element;4 'sub` stantially `as described.

2. In an'l apparatus forweighing liquids,

a shaft having a series of bueketsr, a cam meinberof said shaft, a lever restin on the cam member, a weight threaded on t4 e lever,

both the'we'ight andthelever armbeing graduated, and the'leverh'aving a threade .i

locking segment engaging 'the weight; .substantially a describe In testimony whereof, Ihave hereunto set inylland. y

lVitnesses H. M. ConwIN, Gro. H. PARMELEE.

WERNER-I.` STAAF. 

